10 Leaving Cert pupils earn eight A1s

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 17-08-2011 01:39PM #1

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/10-leaving-cert-pupils-earn-eight-a1s-516843.html

The increased number of high performers in this year's Leaving Cert will give rise to further concerns over standards in the State exams.

A total of 10 pupils achieved eight A1s, another 39 secured seven A1s and 92 teenagers scored six A1s - 600 points.

However, principal of Hewitt College in Cork Patricia McGrath said exams are not being "dumbed down".

"To get A1s in (a number of subjects) is not easy…You have to be a very good student," she said.

Fair play to them,i look forward to the teacher standing behind them in a photo on the paper tomorrow :rolleyes:

*seriously though this mentality of teachers picking their fave students and not bothering with those who need most help still goes on.

Teyla Emmagan · 17-08-2011 01:41PM

That's rubbish - the kids who work and have the ability get the points, not the teacher's "favourites". You can be a favourite and be as thick as a post you know.

py2006 · 17-08-2011 01:41PM

For subjective subjects like English and History it really depends on who is correcting them! One teacher will give you an A1 and another will give you a B.

Diageio_Man · 17-08-2011 01:42PM

But have no mates.

J. Marston · 17-08-2011 01:42PM

Showoffs.

CardBordWindow · 17-08-2011 01:44PM

If they are so clever, do they not realise they've the same amount of points as someone who got 6 A1s?

stovelid · 17-08-2011 01:44PM

Melvin Gray Orate wrote: »

Fair play to them,i look forward to the teacher standing behind them in a photo on the paper tomorrow :rolleyes:

Have to repeat, do you?

CreepingDeath · 17-08-2011 01:45PM

Ah sure, they probably won't be able to afford the university fees and will end up working in McDonalds.

floutingmaxims · 17-08-2011 01:45PM

However, principal of Hewitt College in Cork Patricia McGrath said exams are not being "dumbed down".

"To get A1s in (a number of subjects) is not easy…You have to be a very good student," she said.

Jaysus, well that woman is a fountain of knowledge.

Anyway those kids didnt have half the craic i had so im happy with my 355! IN YO FACEEEE

Davidius · 17-08-2011 01:52PM

Diageio_Man wrote: »

But have no mates.

You generally hear a lot of things like this, I don't think people like to admit that somebody can achieve more than they can with less effort.

DaveDaRave · 17-08-2011 01:52PM

So exams are not being dumbed down because students are achieving high grades in said exams ?

What the fukk am i reading

MitchKoobski · 17-08-2011 01:54PM

Fair play to them!

I got 405 and now I work in a call centre.

prinz · 17-08-2011 01:54PM

Melvin Gray Orate wrote: »

*seriously though this mentality of teachers picking their fave students and not bothering with those who need most help still goes on.

What also goes on is a couple of time wasters and eejits who take up time that the teacher could be using to teach with acting the bollix, are too fecking idle to open a book or pick up a pen, have parents who don't put the slightest bit of effort into chasing up on homework, or monitoring progess and then demand extra help from teachers, at the expense of the rest of the class actually trying to get ahead.

Mindkiller · 17-08-2011 02:03PM

There are such things as teacher's favourites, sadly. I experienced it with my old Irish teacher who strongly recommended I drop down to ordinary level after one bad exam. On top of that he seemed to have nothing but contempt for me the c*nt. I had a different guy in 6th year. Managed to get a B3 in the Leaving which I was pleased with.

I've never been a trouble maker either. I would have been one of the most unassuming students in the class

foxyboxer · 17-08-2011 02:06PM

It's the people who really apply themselves and get the 300/400 points for their course of choice that are the real stars.

Or the one who drops out of school, learns how to run a business and employs the 9 A1'ers who impress most.

Richard Hillman · 17-08-2011 02:07PM

NEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!

sock puppet · 17-08-2011 02:08PM

Davidius wrote: »

You generally hear a lot of things like this, I don't think people like to admit that somebody can achieve more than they can with less effort.

Nah. Lots of normal people get 600 points or close to it. But doing 8 or 9 subjects is just weird

davetherave · 17-08-2011 02:11PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Yeah....I'm just bitter

Fair play to them, and more so those that worked their little cotton socks off to get nowhere near 600 points but what they wanted/need

phasers · 17-08-2011 02:13PM

Nobody manage 9 A1s then?

Standards are really slipping.

StephenHendry · 17-08-2011 02:14PM

great achievement, some would say there is more help out there for students doing the LC, tuition, the internet etc. but its probably harder with more distractions for them than before

Caraville · 17-08-2011 02:14PM

Exams ARE being dumbed down. Look at exams papers from 10-15 years ago in comparison to today. Things are definitely easier nowadays, which is a slippery slope that I don't like.

As for the OP saying that the top students are the teachers' favourites- I'm betting the OP doesn't know that many teachers. My favourite students have always been the ones who let me do my job, makes a decent effort at their schoolwork and are polite. They might end up with 100 points or 600 points, that side of things are irrelevant.

Actually the ones who are all about schoolwork can be right wreck the heads. You'd love to just see them let loose a bit, sure there's more to life and they're way too young to be so serious.

Vicxas · 17-08-2011 02:16PM

My girlfriends sister got 430 and she was chuffed. and she worked her balls off

cosmicfart · 17-08-2011 02:20PM

fair play to them, they are the future bankers of this fair land

orourkeda · 17-08-2011 02:22PM

Getting 6 a's wont save them from emigration

orourkeda · 17-08-2011 02:23PM

Vicxas wrote: »

My girlfriends sister got 430 and she was chuffed. and she worked her balls knockers off

Now.

coco_lola · 17-08-2011 02:24PM

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Fair play to them!

I got 405 and now I work in a call centre.

I got 495... and I also work in a call centre!

Opelfruit · 17-08-2011 02:27PM

Vicxas wrote: »

My girlfriends sister got 430 and she was chuffed. and she worked her balls off

I'm guessing you didn't do biology for your Leaving Cert?

orourkeda · 17-08-2011 02:27PM

coco_lola wrote: »

I got 495... and I also work in a call centre!

I'm so glad I didnt put the effort into my leaving cert having read this post. I got 400 without lifting a finger.

MitchKoobski · 17-08-2011 02:30PM

Vicxas wrote: »

My girlfriends sister got 430 and she was chuffed. and she worked her balls off

Opelfruit wrote: »

I'm guessing you didn't do biology for your Leaving Cert?

If he did, he failed it.

LadyMayBelle · 17-08-2011 02:30PM

Why do people bother doing 9 subjects? We had to do 7; a fallback on in case we really screwed up..but 9?
415 and did Arts. Waste of time

Faolchu · 17-08-2011 02:31PM

Vicxas wrote: »

she worked her balls off

this being some achievement in addition to her good grades

10 Leaving Cert pupils earn eight A1s

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